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Rec Room Shutting Down After 10 Years And 150 Million Players Because It Never Became ‘Profitable’

March 31, 2026
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Rec Room Shutting Down After 10 Years And 150 Million Players Because It Never Became ‘Profitable’

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Rec Room is shutting down in June after a decade of service. The free-to-play social game offered both VR and non-VR options and allowed users to create their own spaces and games that others could play. Rec Room was extremely popular in the early days of VR on platforms like PSVR, but.

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